Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07

&1NnAkk grams Sn0ulN NJ ChOSen, MS these
drops are not cul tivated, while they are
3hsryested sby machinery
Good Things 70 Avoid. . SIS.
WhenSthe prices g nearly all farm
products are ass, low IS they are at
present says ne C1sica go Times, it is
but natural that farmers should look
about for something that promises to
be mors remuneratiye. Sill they arc
in great danger Of engaging in enter
prises that will make no returns for
the capital and labor they req',,;ree.
Every few years, since the first settle.
ment Of the cou n.ly atte Fl BITS have
been made BY enthusiasts to induce
people 70 engage il the production of
silk. The pleasures and profits Of silk
production have been presented j., .
manner calculated to gain the, attention
Of men, women, and children. !, Thous.
ands Of people in all parts of the coun-
try have been induced to plans. mil
berry trees, to purchase the egsrs NJ
silk-worms, and to try to prSduce
cocoons for the market That setTaral
persons have made considerable MONEY
BY the sale Of mulberry trees, silk
worm eggs. fixtures for houses in
which thesWorms are kept, and Books
devoted to silk culture is certain. The
most diligent seeker after informs ton
however, could not probably fiji in
the entire country one person who, has
ever made any money in -; iafco,td. acing
six to be disposed Of ip the ma .rket'
The truth is that the production of
raw silk is not Il ver,M5rofitable ind ustry
in any country. alnd it is worthy of
attention only i1H.talose parts o,; the
world where the innate is partic, ,larlv
favorable and wages are very slow.
That 1t is profitable, to raise 90. ats IN
MANY parts of the weld IS certain. In
some countries their milk is pref erred
to that given by cows, and it is ;xten-
sively used for making @rtain ki.3,ds Of
cheese. Their skins arr. always j IN de-
mand for making fms leather, and
parchment. The flesh of .oung5 goats
is regarded as a luxury in LanY$ coun-
tries. The. hair tof certain kin DIS of
goats is valuable for masA clot h and
ornaments. AS therss :. IN +: ajsino
goats in various foreigbsaf:s tries where
the climate. condition 81 the lar l. and
productions are favorable tot n and
equally unfavorable to other imals
several persons have declared th~ thew
would be profitable here. They have
imported varieties of goats that produce
hair that can be made into cloth. and
have written many articles for the pur-
nose of inducing farmers to engage in
Sing the animals that ara so useful
valuable i'll most oriental countries.
ae of these persons have probably
money in selling heeding stock.
aid be very difficult, however, to
person who ]has derived any profit
raising goats 1t appears to be
lat thepe is no demand for their
fHeSh, and that the price of their
$ very uncertain and fluctuating.
Flew invalids can be induced to
&at's milk, and only persons who
iherited liking for it will eat
ssh of even young goats.
ia. st many persons have derived
pleasure and profit from keeping fancy
tow is is certain. They have accom-
pllsihed great good by introducing inn
proved breeds of hens, ducks, and geese
into different parts of the country
There is a profit in the business of
breeding fancy fowls if one has good
Vocation and advertises iudiciousiy-
Money can be made in raising hens
{ that sell at SIS each and eggs that BRING
So per dozen. Still, very few farmers
have made any money by keeping fancy
fowls. They arc ordinarily obliged to
sell most of their eggs at prices paid
for those dropped by common fowls,
while the dressed birds bring no more
if sold by the pound than those OF mon
grel stock. The practice of selling
ducks, turkeys, and chickens by the
dozen prevails in many parts of tue
country, and when this is the case there
is no inducement offered to farmers 10
raise fowls of large size Or of superior
quality. A large fowl consumes more
food than small one, and if it brings
no more money than one of small size
it is less profitable for the producer.
So long as small eggs bring as much IS
large ones, the farmer derives no ad-
vantage from producing those of super
ior size. Till eggs are sold by the
pound. as they are in California. or are
sorted and sold according to their size,
as they are in France, there will be no
inducement for farmers to produce them
of very large size.
The profits OF raising fast horses are
often presented to the public in terms
so glowing that they are tempted to ca
gage in the business. They read of the
sale of a fast horse for a sun, greater
than the value of their farms They
know that such an animal consumes no
more food than Il common plug that
| will not bring 800 III any market
They are accordingly induced to have
! their mares served By :. stallion whose
ancestors have made record on j
race-track, They may succeed in rails
ils5 some colts, but the prospect is that
they will not succeed in getting high
| prices for them. The horses that sell
for 81, 600 or over in any country are
very few in number. When such sum
is realized for fast horse. but a very
small proportion Of it ordinarily goes
into the pockets Of the man who raised
it. The persons who have the means